Saltcellar



Oct 1933- R. G. SCHVVARZ ET AL SALTCELLAR Original Filed June 24, 1932tum, insures a Patented Oct. 17, 1933 1,931,089 SALTCELLAR Robert G.Schwarz, New

Vorbusch,

Adolph H.

Orleans, La., and

Original application June 24, 1932, Serial No.

Divided and this application January Serial No. 652,753

4. Claims. (01. -57) The invention relates to salt cellars and condimentholders, and has for its object to provide a device of this charactercomprising spaced coiled springs axially disposed within the chamber ofthe holder and connected together by an axially disposed connectingportion on which is slidably mounted a weight agitator, which not onlyagitates during a reciprocating movement during a shaking operation, butincident to its momenwide range of compression and expansion of thecoiled springs for facilitating the agitation of the contents of theholder.

A further object is to provide the weight member with outwardlyextending agitator arms.

; A further object is to form the weight arms from a single piece ofwire, bent to form and disposed in an annular groove in the weight andhaving outwardly extending loops for forming the arms.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the condimentholder.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view through the agitating devicetaken on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a view in elevation of the agitator weight.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a conventional formof salt cellar, 2 the chamber therein and 3 the perforated top. Thepresent application is a divisional part of our application Ser.#619,134 filed June 24, 1932.

It has been found that condiments, particularly salt, become stuck orsolidified within the chamber 2, and to obviate this difficulty anagitator is provided which comprises spaced coiled springs 4 and 5,connected together by an axially disposed portion 6, on which isslidably mounted an agitating weight '1; Weight 7 performs a doublefunction, one of which is as an agitator, and the other as a compressorfor the springs 4 and 5 at the ends of the reciprocations and at whichtime the momentum of ,the weight '7 will compress the springs.

By utilizing the weight '7, it is obvious that a maximum range ofcompression and expansion of springs 4 and 5 is accomplished at the endsof the reciprocations of the cellar during a shaking operation. It willalso be noted that springs 4 and 5 and connecting member 6 may be formedfrom a single piece of wire bent to form, thereby reducing the cost ofmanufacture to a minimum; During the manufacture of the device weight '7is placed on the member 6 before the forming of the final spring 4 ortinuous operation, and the parts out apart afterwards.

Weight? is provided with a peripheral groove 8, in which is disposed theconcentric portions 9 having outwardly extending loops 10 formingagitator arms. It will be seen that the agitator portions 9 and loops 10are formed from'a'single piece of wire bent to form, thereby allowingthe device to be cheaply manufactured and the agitator arms 10, being inloop form, form U-shaped members for the agitating operation. One of theportions 9 of the agitator is split as at ll'so that it will be easilyreceived when expanded in the groove 8 of the weight, and as the deviceis made from spring wire it will contract into the groove 8. Byproviding the split 11, it is obvious, during the initial placingposition on the weight, the" member 6 may easily assume a positionwithin the agitating device.

From the above it will be seen that a salt cellar agitating device isprovide, which is'simple in construction, positive in its operation andone wherein the parts are reduced to a minimum and constructed in amanner whereby they may be cheaply manufactured and sold. f

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and usefulis: 1

1. The combination with a condiment holder having a chamber therein, ofan agitating device 1 therein, said agitating device comprising axiallydisposed spaced coiled springs, an axially disposed connecting armbetween the adjacent ends of said coiled spring and a combined agitatingPass Christian, Miss. 1

6, or the same can be a conand spring compressing weight member slidablyI mounted on the connecting arm and forming means whereby said springsare compressed at the ends of reciprocations of the holder during ashaking operation.

2. A condiment holder agitating device, said device comprising spacedcoiled springs disposed in the chamber of the condiment holder, saidsprings terminating adjacent the ends of the holder chamber, aconnecting bar axially disposed andconnecting the adjacent ends of thesprings, a weight slidably mounted on said connecting bar and formingmeans for compressing the springs at the ends of reciprocations, and

' agitator arms extending outwardly from the weight member.

3. The combination with a condiment holder,

of an agitator having a weight slidably mounted on a bar, agitator armscarried by said Weight,

said arms being U-shaped, the arms of the U-' shaped arms beingconnected to adjacent arms by concentric portions disposed in an annulargroove in the weight.

